The justices heard nearly two hours of arguments in an appeal from Okello Chatrie, who pleaded guilty to robbing a bank in a suburb of Richmond.

Governor Abigail Spanberger was in Roanoke Monday as she continues to put her signature on pieces of legislation sent to her by the General Assembly. The focus at the Roanoke Higher Education Center — which provides more than 100 training programs — was on bills that will help bolster career and technical education.

Monday morning’s oral arguments before the Supreme Court of Virginia touched on a number of issues, but one stand out was the authority the legislature has to call a special session.

The governor has now signed a bill making Virginia the first state to protect wild baby animals from those who profit from their sale. Sandy Hausman reports on the measure inspired by the disappearance of two young giraffes from the Natural Bridge Zoo.

Democrats in the General Assembly created a partisan map to harm Republicans, and then the Supreme Court of Virginia declared it was unconstitutional. That's what happened in 1932, when the court threw out the congressional map three weeks before the November election.

Volvo may turn more of its assembly line in the New River Valley over to robots in the coming years. It’s a trend many manufacturing companies across the country are exploring.

BWXT is scaling up its development of tri-structural isotropic fuel – also known as TRISO fuel – to go along with its micro-reactor program.

The Richmond school’s board of visitors voted Friday to fund what VCU calls the East Marshall Street Well Project, an effort to right wrongs committed more than a century ago.

The murder-suicide of a former state official and his wife reveals a common thread in family violence

Ken Cuccinelli said the timing is a problem because the Virginia constitution requires an intervening election to have occurred.